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Digital Download Numbers
9 Jordin Sparks …Tattoo 59, 641 (-13%; lw 68, 811) Total: 500, 650 (7) ***Now Gold*** First Certification
33 Daughtry …Over You 22, 639 (-3%; lw 23, 343) Total: 571, 991 (33)
77 Carrie Underwood …So Small 13K (-10%; lw 14K) Total: 402K (64)
140 Carrie Underwood …Before He Cheats 8K (-11%; lw 9K ) Total: 1.95M (118)
143 Blake Lewis …How Many Words 8, 051 (NEW) Total: 8, 051 (NEW)
144 Blake Lewis …Break Anotha 8, 031 (76%; lw 4, 561) Total: 29, 859 (OFF)
151 Daughtry …Home 8K (-21%; lw 10K ) Total: 1.16M (112)
167 Jordin Sparks …No Air 7K (-3%; lw 7K) Total: 21K (166)
179 Kelly Clarkson …My Grown-Up Christmas List 6.5K Total: 61K (OFF)

Album Numbers
7 Carrie Underwood 106, 801 (+20%; lw: 89, 313) Total: 1, 269, 151 (9)
10 Blake Lewis …Audio Day Dream 97, 500 (NEW; lw 189) Total: 97, 691 (NEW)
24 Jordin Sparks …Jordin Sparks 52, 482 (1%; lw 51, 804) Total: 222, 473 (18)
32 Daughtry …Daughtry 42, 986 (-24%; lw 32, 926 ) Total: 3, 408, 140 (37)
60 Carrie Underwood …Some Hearts 23, 082 (30%; lw 17, 746 ) Total: 6, 087, 194 (62)
168 Elliott Yamin …Elliott Yamin 7, 421 (lw 4, 773) Total: 457, 828 (OFF)
190 Elliott Yamin …Sounds of the Season 6, 567 (-51%;lw 13, 313 ) Total: 29, 110 (79)
194 Kellie Pickler …Small Town Girl 6, 359 (20%, lw 5, 305 ) Total: 670, 992(187)

Off Chart
Clay Aiken …Merry Christmas With Love 8K (lw 7K) Total: 1.3M
Kelly Clarkson …My December 6K (lw 5K) Total: 713K
Kelly Clarkson …Breakaway 5K (lw 4K) Total: 5.91M
Bucky Covington …Bucky Covington 3K (lw 2K) Total: 303K
Bo Bice …See the Light 2.2K (lw 2K) Total: 27K
Fantasia …Fantasia 1.3K (lw 1.3K) Total: 496K
Mandisa …True Beauty 1.3K (lw 900) Total: 60K
Kelly Clarkson …Thankful 1K (lw 1K) Total: 2.7M
Clay Aiken …All Is Well EP 1K Total: 51K
Katharine McPhee …Katharine McPhee 700 (lw 600) total: 362K
Mandisa …Christmas Joy 400 (lw 400) Total: 1.6K
Kimberley Locke …Christmas 400 (lw 400) Total: 1.5K
Taylor Hicks …Taylor Hicks 300 (lw 400) Total: 698K
Clay Aiken A Thousand Different Ways 300 (lw 300) Total: 520K
Constantine …Constantine 300 (lw 200) Total: 22K
Ruben Studdard …The Return 100 (lw 100) Total 236K
Kimberley Locke …Based on a True Story 100 (lw 100) Total: 17K
Paris Bennett Princess P 100 (lw 100) Total: 20K

14.45M album units sold this week. That up 17.9% from last week (12.25M) and down 23.3% from the same week last year (18.86M)

This was a pretty good week for album sales, exceeding the week of Black Friday by 3.7% (13.94M).

Billboard Chart Alert

Sales numbers compiled by Kirsten.